Originally Posted by
dwnptrl_777
Thanks for another nod on these, Santiago. Sounds like I'm definitely movin' in the right direction.
Over in the Mountain Biking forum we give it our overall stamp of approval for mechanical disc brakes. For the most part we are all on disc brakes and there are only a few that still stick to rim-brakes. The general consensus is that the BB7 are by far the best of the mechanical bunch. I had a set of mechanical Shimano disc brakes that didn't hold a candle to my BB7s.
My suspicion is that the BB7s will serve well on a decently loaded Big Dummy, but I obviously won't know until I get to try it out. The other key thing is to get a decent set of teflon coated brake cables.